Re: How many of you OneNote on Windows Phone?
I propose that commenters give some practical examples other than "I use it everyday because it's better than a Miley Cyrus twerking video" as to how 'handy' and 'great' OneNote is.
I would never say that. Miley Cyrus offends me. Now, a JessieFromTheCurrentSeasonOfMasterChef twerking video, or a Kaley Cuoco twerking video, you've got my attention...
So...all that being said, is OneNote REALLY that handy? Or am I missing something? Practical examples please.
So... OneNote on Windows Phone (or iOS or Android, for that matter) is a companion app. A subset, if you will. It doesn't have the full feature set because, well, it's running on a phone (just as the rest of Office on WP doesn't have the full feature set). I think that when most people here refer to how awesome OneNote is, they're referring to the OneNote "system", as opposed to just the mobile app. I know I am.
To make it work awesomely, you pretty much have to have it on your desktop/laptop/tablet/everything else as well. That way, you've got full functionality *somewhere* to make OneNote do all the things it should. Whether that's the Windows 8 Modern OneNote app (which is free on Windows 8/RT), the OneNote desktop app (which comes with certain versions of Office including Office RT), or the OneNote web app doesn't matter.
You're right in that you can't setup notebooks or sections from the mobile app; you have to do that from the full-featured app mentioned above. Once you do that, though, those notebooks and sections are synced to each of your devices through SkyDrive, so you only need to set them up once. It should be noted that OneNote starts with one notebook and one section by default, so you can start using it immediately.
Personally, I run the desktop application on my work machine (a Windows 8 system running on an iMac through Boot Camp which is desktop oriented), the Modern app on my Surface RT and my laptop (a Windows 8 system) and, of course, the OneNote mobile app on my L920 (but I did run it on my Nexus 7 and my iPhone 4s when I had those as well). I only have one notebook (because I don't see the point of having multiple actual notebooks) with multiple sections I setup (one for work, one for miscellaneous notes, and <geek mode on>one for each of the table-top role playing game scenarios I run<geek mode off>).
So when I take my RT into work meetings with me, I open OneNote, hit the work section of my notebook, and start taking notes. When I'm on my phone and I need to jot something down, I hit the miscellaneous notes section and jot it down. When I'm <geek mode on>running one of my table-top RPGs<geek mode off> I hop to those sections to reference the notes I've already entered and make new ones. Once you get those notebooks and sections setup and synced to all your devices, THAT's when OneNote becomes awesome.
I don't know if I answered your question or not, but there it is.
